The Desire-Journey of a Woman is an upcoming Indo-Chinese feature film, directed by R. Sarath

R. Sarath

R. Sarath is an Indian film director and screenwriter working primarily in the Malayalam film industry based in Kerala. He made his directorial debut with the feature film Sayahnam in 2000 that won him the National Film Award for the best debutant director and followed it up with the critically...

. Starring Shilpa Shetty

Shilpa Shetty

Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar , she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been...

 in lead role, the film also stars Chinese actor Xia Yu

Xia Yu

Xia Yu is a Chinese actor.-Biography:He was born in Qingdao, Shandong Province. He was initially discovered by Jiang Wen during his semi-autobiographical film In the Heat of the Sun . Xia was chosen partly because of facial resemblance to a young Jiang...

 along with Indian actors and actresses as Jaya Prada

Jaya Prada

Jaya Prada is an Indian film actress and politician. She has starred in hundreds of Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Marathi films.-Early life:...

, Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...

, Sheetal Menon

Sheetal Menon

Sheetal Menon is an Indian model and actress.Menon is trained as a Bharatanatyam dancer and began her career as a model with the agency headed by Atul Kasbekar. During her final year in college she joined Anupam Kher’s course, Actor Prepares. Her first acting role came in Nari Hira's Bhram – An...

 and Sachin Khedekar

Sachin Khedekar

Sachin Khedekar is an Indian actor and director, best known for his roles in Astitva, Imtihaan, and as Netaji in Shyam Benegal's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero...

. The film's shooting started in January 2009, is currently in its production stage and was expected for a public release in mid-2009 but not released due to some production problems. The movie has been shot in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...

, Nasik, Mumbai

Mumbai

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, Hyderabad and Malaysia.

The Desire is a film about "dance, music, art, culture and emotions". It tells the journey of an Indian classical dancer, Goutami, and the love story between her and a Chinese artist

Artist

An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...

, Jai Leang, whom she meets during a travel assignment.

Cast

• Shilpa Shetty
  Shilpa Shetty
  Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar , she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been...
  
   as Goutami
• Xia Yu
  Xia Yu
  Xia Yu is a Chinese actor.-Biography:He was born in Qingdao, Shandong Province. He was initially discovered by Jiang Wen during his semi-autobiographical film In the Heat of the Sun . Xia was chosen partly because of facial resemblance to a young Jiang...
  
   as Jai Leang
• Jaya Prada
  Jaya Prada
  Jaya Prada is an Indian film actress and politician. She has starred in hundreds of Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Marathi films.-Early life:...
  
   as Goutami's mother
• Anupam Kher
  Anupam Kher
  Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...
  
  
• Sheetal Menon
  Sheetal Menon
  Sheetal Menon is an Indian model and actress.Menon is trained as a Bharatanatyam dancer and began her career as a model with the agency headed by Atul Kasbekar. During her final year in college she joined Anupam Kher’s course, Actor Prepares. Her first acting role came in Nari Hira's Bhram – An...
  
  
• []
• Nakul Vaid
• Vikram Gokhale
  Vikram Gokhale
  Vikram Gokhale is an well known Indian film, television and stage actor, notable for his roles in Marathi theatre and Hindi films and television...
  
  
• Asif Sheikh
• Vinayak Vinod as Musui

Crew

• Producer: SunandaShetty
• Director: R. Sarath
• Screenplay: R. Sarath
• Story: R. Sarath
• Dialogues: Amitabh Varma
• 'Cinematography: Sajjan Kalathil
• '
• Music: Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
  Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
  Vishwa Mohan Bhatt also known as V. M. Bhatt is an Indian slide guitar player. Bhatt is the creator of the Mohan Veena...
  
   (background score), Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
  Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
  Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy are an Indian musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. Record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalists, they have composed music for over fifty soundtrack across four languages...
  
   (soundtrack)
• production Head-shashi dubey
• Costume Designer: Neeta Lulla

Music

A. R. Rahman

A. R. Rahman

Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...

 was approached to compose the music for the film but he opted out citing busy schedules. The soundtrack is scored by the acclaimed composer trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy are an Indian musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. Record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalists, they have composed music for over fifty soundtrack across four languages...

, whilst the background score is composed by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt also known as V. M. Bhatt is an Indian slide guitar player. Bhatt is the creator of the Mohan Veena...

. To give an Odissi touch to the film, a devotional song of Lord Jagannath, an integral part of the dance form, will be sung during the dance.The film has two classical songs, a Sanskrit sloka by eminent Poet Pdt.Manmohan Acharya

Manmohan Acharya

Manmohan Acharya is a poet and lyricist from India. He is also a researcher and published author. His contribution appears significant by inspiring the classical dance, Odissi, for the first time to enter into Bollywood with his lucid Sanskrit lyrics.-Early life and education:Manmohan Acharya was...

 and an Oriya song taken from Padyaballi, written by Gopalkrushna Patnaik.

External links

• The Desire: Official Trailer at Youtube
  YouTube
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